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Because if it's encrypted then even Apple can't unlock it

• netsharc 9y ago
  But they cam write and deploy a version of iOS which will not respect the "wipe the phone" command after 10 false password tries, making brute-forcing viable (it also helped that it was obvious the phone just needed a 4-digit number to unlock). Luckily they refused to do that and won in court.
  • recursive 9y ago
    Can the OS be updated without unlocking?
    • netsharc 9y ago
      I... believe so? Speaking from experience with older models: You can hold a combination of the keys to go into https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/DFU_Mode https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/DFU_Mode, and if you plug the device to your computer, you can reflash the OS. The phone would have multiple partitions, so it would only flash the OS partition with the new version of the OS, and leave the (encrypted) data partition alone.
  • deleted 9y ago
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